1. Librarians in the Classroom:
Instructor/Librarian Perspective
Presentation:
Barbara Johnson
Mary Johnson
barbaraj@csmd.edu
maryj@csmd.edu
AFACCT 2014 Conference
Prince George’s Community College
Session 4.9 3:10-4:20 p.m.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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2. Traditional Format
Library
Centric
Student
Uses
Personal
Time
Limited
Faculty
Support
 Traditionally, library service is offered to students in
the library building with the students seeking
additional assistance on their own time. This format
limits library staff/student interaction and offers
limited support to our faculty.
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3. Innovative Format
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4. Embedded Librarianship
Aim
Action
Assessment
Our presentation describes our goals, practice, and outcomes
assessment from the Embedded Librarianship program currently in
place at the College of Southern Maryland.
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5. Faculty
Aim
Increased use of library
resources
Decrease of plagiarism
Use of diverse resources
Library assistance with specific
assignments
Avoid Wikipedia™ weariness
Feeling frustrated when works cited pages are full of Wikipedia sources.
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6. Library
Services
Interact with students more
frequently
Aim
Cultivate student proficiency
in keyword searching
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7. Action
Librarian worked with students in the classroom to:
help narrow and focus research topics
assist in ProQuest ™ database searching
order books from CSM card catalog
suggest appropriate internet-accessed web sources
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8. Action
Fall 2012/Spring 2013/Fall 2013
ENG 1010 classes
Leonardtown Campus
 Employed multi-visit format
 Assigned Library Exercises
 Library Exercises comprise a two-part
graded assignment to test students
knowledge of research skills.
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9. Action
Fall 2013 -- ENG 0900
Leonardtown Campus
 Employed single visit format
 Assigned a graded Library activity sheet to
assess student understanding of concepts
discussed in an initial library orientation
session.
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10. Assessment
 7 classes surveyed--125 surveys distributed --91 returned
 Question 4: “Overall did you benefit from having a
librarian visit your classroom?
85 out of 91
yes
 Question 5: “Would you recommend to others that they
take a class with librarian visits to the classroom included?”
86 out of 91
yes
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11. Assessment
 Improved research skills
 Increased use of library tools
 Enhanced relationship between
students and librarians
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12. Beyond your course—Student Feedback
 “I have been taking classes for last 3 years. I have used the internet and the public
library to do research needed for my classes but had no idea that such a vast resource of
knowledge was at my fingertips. You have opened a door that I will be using
for my future research projects.” -Swati Samak
 “I will certainly be using Proquest™ throughout my college term…I am studying to
become a Registered Nurse.” -Patty Hall
• “I probably never would have found these documents, and then produced an inadequate
paper. So Thank You! This is the biggest help I could have asked for.”-Brian Tourville
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13. Graded Library Assignments
help faculty evaluate students in
Core Learning Areas
 Written
Communication
 Critical Thinking
 Information
 Technical
Literacy
Competency
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14. Flexible Scenarios
Multi-visit format
Single-visit format
 Initial Library Orientation
 Librarian visits when research
 Several one-on-one research
is assigned
 No library assignment
consultations with student
 Library Exercises
 Librarian interacts with student
via email and/or through
Blackboard™
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15. Contact information:
Barbara Johnson
barbaraj@csmd.edu
Mary Johnson
maryj@csmd.edu
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